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Kantar is to roll out MarketTools' TrueSample quality solution across its network, following the breakdown of the Promedius Group, the not-for-profit quality consortium it launched with GfK and Ipsos less than a year ago. More
WPP Chief Exec Sir Martin Sorrell has suggested that the group may double the amount available for acquisitions this year, as it looks to invest in new media and emerging markets and take advantage of better conditions in the ad industry. More
Consumer insight revenues at WPP have risen 3.4% on a constant currency basis, to £552.8m in the first quarter of 2011, compared with £542.5m in the prior year period. More
Marcoms giant WPP has recorded a 4.4% increase in 2010 revenues to £2.43 billion in its Consumer Insight division. Meanwhile operating margins improved by 1.1 points to 9.7%. More
Healthcare specialist Kantar Health has expanded its online Epi Database platform, to enable users to access epidemiology data for commercial planning purposes in Mexico and Turkey. More
In New York, WPP-owned Kantar Video has rolled out the beta release of its Videolytics online and mobile video tracking technology. More
WPP-owned Kantar Video has rolled out its Videolytics Platform to seventeen advertising platform providers, publishers and ad networks. More
Kantar Media has introduced DirectHEAT, a new subscription service delivering custommised multimedia ad intelligence to media sellers. More
Kantar has linked its Worldpanel scanned FMCG household purchase data with data from Kantar Media's TGI consumer insight survey. The resulting service, TGI Worldpanel, promises clients a detailed understanding of the link between media consumption, consumer attitudes and UK purchasing. More
In the UK, Kantar Media has rolled out a new approach to regional readership data collection, which it says offers a 'considerable cost saving' for publishers conducting regular readership research. More
WPP-owned Kantar Media - which specializes in providing TV, Internet and radio audience measurement services - has hired veteran media analyst Jeffrey Boehme to drive the development of new products and applications for set-top box (STB) data. More
Kantar Media is planning to add qualitative research to its futurePROOF quantitative study, to provide an understanding of how media behaviour changes among early adopters of the iPad. More
Revenue and profits in WPP's Consumer Insight division rose in the first six months of 2010: the former slowly, up 2.4% on a like-for-like basis from a low comparative, but the latter more rapidly with headline profit before interest and tax (PBIT) up 22% to £83.7m. More
Two of the research industry's top four firms, Kantar and GfK, have announced an initiative aimed at promoting and assuring online data quality. The firms will seek 'broad industry participation' in their not-for-profit consortium, the Promedius Group. More
WPP-owned Kantar Media has released 'Connect', a new solution that integrates a publisher's own web site metrics with survey data, to create a single-source database that links online behaviour to the attitudes that drive it. More
Kantar-owner WPP has reported improved results for the first five months of the year. Both Group revenues and those for the Insight division rose around 2% worldwide on a like-for-like basis while growth in May was well over 5%. More
In the UK, WPP-owned Kantar Media has developed a predictive tool to provide insights into how consumers will react to newspapers introducing paywalls on their web sites. More
WPP Group is gearing up to restart its acquisition strategy across the Asia-Pacific region, according to CEO Sir Martin Sorrell, speaking at The Financial Times and Marketing magazine event in Singapore on Tuesday. More
WPP CEO Sir Martin Sorrell says the figure reported in the press for Nielsen's possible valuation is 'out of the ballpark' and 'doesn't work in any way, shape or form'. Both companies reported encouraging results today, WPP forecasting growth for the year and Nielsen seeing 4% real revenue growth over Q1 2009. More
In the UK, marcoms giant WPP has developed a dashboard which combines media spend and performance data from its GroupM media arm with research from insight division Kantar, together with information on social media content, web analytics and client CRM data. More
Kantar Media has merged its media measurement and evaluation agency Millward Brown Precis Europe/UK into its Intelligence Sector. The merger will be effective 1 May 2010. More
In the US, WPP-owned Kantar Media North America - which provides insights, analyses and audience measurement services - has hired former Starcom MediaVest research chief Richard Fielding for the newly created post of Chief Client Officer. More
UKOM - the UK Online Measurement Company - has appointed former BMRB researcher Jeremy Smythe as General Manager, replacing Peter Bowman who left the role in January. More
ACNielsen HCI - a firm researching pharmaceutical promotions which was transferred to WPP in a 2008 regulatory asset swap - has been added to Kantar Health's Marketing Insight practice. More
WPP-owned insight consultancy Kantar has re-branded the media assets of TNS, KMR Group and BMRB Media as Kantar Media. More
Kantar Media has expanded its Global Target Group Index (TGI) Network of syndicated single-source marketing and media studies, following parent WPP's acquisition of TNS. More
Kantar Health has hired Scott Davies as General Manager of China, to direct the group's growth strategy in the region. Kelly Wong has also been appointed as Business Leader and Head of Research, China. More
The Kantar Group is streamlining its businesses after buying TNS. The TNS Custom business will merge with Research International and will be generally known as TNS. A new social research force for the UK is established in TNS-BMRB, while Kantar has four new vertical sector operating units: Media, Health, Retail and Worldpanel. More
In the UK, Kantar-owned agency BMRB has appointed former Futures Company executive Dr Michelle Harrison as Managing Director for Government and Public Affairs. More
WPP has announced its unaudited interim results for the six months ended 30th June 2008, showing good revenue and profit figures in all regions and for all divisions including insight. While his own firm may be healthy however, CEO Sir Martin Sorrell says the current merger process is 'not doing [TNS] much good'. More
In the UK, Alex Oliver has joined the IIPS (The Institute for Insight in the Public Services) – the joint initiative between BMRB Social Research and its sister company, Henley Centre HeadlightVision (HCHLV) – as Head of Service Transformation. More
WPP has announced first quarter like-for-like revenue growth of just under 5%. Reported revenues were up 14.1% to £1.56bn for the group and up 11.3% to £227.1m for Kantar, the group's information, insight and consultancy arm. More
M:Metrics and BMRB have partnered to deliver a new set of metrics which will enable companies to evaluate mobile media consumption. The UK launch will take place in the first quarter of 2008 and a roll out in Europe is planned for later in the year. More
Sister UK agencies BMRB and BPRI are to link two regular surveys, BMRB's face-to-face Omnibus survey and BPRI's Political Opinion Panel, to give clients the chance to put the same questions to MPs and the general public. More
In the UK, Kantar has announced the launch of the 'Institute for Insight in the Public Services', a joint initiative between two of its companies, BMRB Social Research and Henley Centre HeadlightVision (HCHLV). More
Whatever its effect on the health of individuals, the cigarette industry itself does not appear to be in terminal decline, according to the latest TGI survey. More
While people's drinking habits vary considerably across the world, Europeans have the highest levels of alcohol consumption, according to the latest from Global TGI (Target Group Index). Latin Americans and Turks prop up the table, whereas for many in the UK, the reverse may be true. More
While more than 70% of British consumers own a credit card, consumers in other parts of Europe - particularly Eastern Europe - are far less likely to use plastic. However, around half of British card owners pay the full balance on their card each month, according to the latest Global TGI survey. More
BMRB has appointed James Smythe as head of its Sports Research unit. He joins from GCap Media (owners of Capital Radio) where he was Head of Market Research. MD Richard Asquith says the firm expects 'strong growth for research in this sector'. More
Major UK agency BMRB is establishing a network for the hundreds of alumni of its graduate training programme. More
BMRB has launched TGI Europa Elite, a survey identifying upmarket European consumers, using a sample of 40,000 adults across France, Germany, Great Britain and Spain. Separately, the firm has also announced a new version of its Compose channel planning tool. More
Sarah Sanderson has joined BMRB as a Director heading up the proprietary media research unit, BMRB Media. She leaves Ipsos MORI where she ran the newly combined ad hoc media research unit. More
UK agency BMRB has been receiving wide coverage for its major survey for the Financial Services Authority (FSA). The study explores the financial standing and know-how of UK adults and highlights new financial challenges for young people. More
TGI, BMRB's continuous survey of the UK population, is introducing 'word of mouth' questions to help marketers make the most of viral marketing, by enabling them to target and understand the most influential and knowledgeable consumers. More
The Kantar Group has appointed Marc O'Regan to the new role of Director of Behavioural Insight. O'Regan, previously Head of Data at marketing agency Proximity London, is tasked with developing behavioural data analysis across the group's companies, which include Millward Brown and Research International. More
BMRB picked up two awards at last night's MRS Research Excellence & Effectiveness Awards ceremony, taking home the BMRA-sponsored Best Agency and Quality and Service Excellence awards. Other double-award winners include Spring Research and Martyn Richards from Opera Research; while Luke Perry from consultancy RSM Robson Rhodes picked up three accolades. More
UK agency BMRB has announced the results of the first ever national survey of adults with learning difficulties. The survey involved innovative techniques to maximise involvement and response rates. BMRB has also announced a new contract to study understanding of medical information. More
UK agency BMRB will carry out the 2005 Childcare and Early Years Providers survey for the Department for Education and Skills, and will also contribute to the Health and Safety Executive's survey of workplaces. The agency has also been appointed to compile a panel of premium-brand consumers for Red Media. More
UK agency BMRB is conducting a new continuous survey for the government's Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to measure participation in sporting, leisure and cultural activities. More
The British Market Research Association (BMRA) has announced the shortlist for its Research Business Effectiveness Awards to be presented in October. Eleven research firms are in the running, including thrice-shortlisted BMRB, plus TNS and Nunwood who were both recent winners at the Marketing Research Awards. More
Awareness of diet and obesity issues may have increased among children and young people in the UK over the past five years, but their interest in sport has declined and more spend time in their rooms watching TV, according to the Youth TGI survey by BMRB International. More
The number of UK consumers shopping online has reached its highest level yet and now stands at 16 million - around 1.3m higher than May 2004, according to BMRB's Internet Monitor survey. More
BMRB and Millward Brown have launched Enlightenment, a new UK-based customer intelligence service drawing on their combined expertise; and have appointed Sandy Livingstone, formerly of Key Note, to head it up. More
The KMR Group has announced a major re-structure and the appointment of Richard Asquith as MD of BMRB. The moves aim to provide greater focus on international development, following last week's launch of the AGB Nielsen Media Research joint venture. More
Malcolm Rigg, former MD of BMRB, will be the new Director of the Policy Studies Institute (PSI) when Jim Skea leaves in October. Skea becomes Research Director of the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC). More
Nearly half the UK's sixty-five biggest agencies showed double-digit growth last year, according to league tables published by Marketing magazine in association with the BMRA. More
Reflecting the rapid international expansion of its business, KMR (Kantar Media Research) has appointed Richard Windle to the new role of Research Director, TGI and Media Research. More
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